LCD display apparatus

• US 6,081,420 A
• Filed: 10/01/1997
• Issued: 06/27/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Jin-Sang, Kim, Tae-Sung
• Primary Examiner(s): Picard, Leo P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEA EDMONDS, LISA S
• Application Number:
  US08/941,732
• Time in Patent Office: 1,000 Days
• Field of Search: 361/681, 361/682, 312/223.2, 345/905, 248/284.1, 248/917, 248/919-923, 248/224.61, 248/223.4, 364/708.1
• US Class Current: 361/679.22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/16 Constructional details or arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1631 Panel PC, e.g. single housing hosting PC and display panel
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

A desktop computer includes a flat-panel display for displaying an image according to an externally supplied video signal, a mainframe chassis for supporting said flat-panel display and containing auxiliary computer equipment, a stand for connecting said mainframe chassis to said flat-panel display, and a panel adjusting device for controlling the viewing angle of said flat-panel display.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a flat-panel display for displaying an image according to an externally supplied video signal;

a chassis housing an auxiliary equipment, said chassis having a top side having a plurality of guide rails;

a chassis cover having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side of said chassis cover having a pair of grooves for slidably engaging with said guide rails to detachably mount said chassis cover on said chassis;

a stand unit attached to said top side of said chassis cover; and

a panel adjusting means connecting said stand unit to said flat panel display said panel adjusting means controlling the viewing angle of said flat-panel display.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of guide rails being four, two guide rails for each one of said pair of grooves.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said chassis containing a pair of rotatable feet that allow the front portion of said chassis to become inclined relative to the back portion of said chassis.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein said chassis cover is coextensive with said top side of said chassis.